diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index dd325638e102..4d8794925fe9 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1294,10 +1294,15 @@ static struct request *blk_old_get_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	rq = get_request(q, rw, 0, NULL, gfp_mask);
-	if (IS_ERR(rq))
+	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	/* q->queue_lock is unlocked at this point */
+		return rq;
+	}
 
+	/* q->queue_lock is unlocked at this point */
+	rq->__data_len = 0;
+	rq->__sector = (sector_t) -1;
+	rq->bio = rq->biotail = NULL;
 	return rq;
 }
 
@@ -1377,9 +1382,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_make_request);
 void blk_rq_set_block_pc(struct request *rq)
 {
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
-	rq->__data_len = 0;
-	rq->__sector = (sector_t) -1;
-	rq->bio = rq->biotail = NULL;
 	memset(rq->__cmd, 0, sizeof(rq->__cmd));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_set_block_pc);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 7aa60c4f56fd..8f4fac87a395 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw,
 		blk_queue_exit(q);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EWOULDBLOCK);
 	}
+
+	rq->__data_len = 0;
+	rq->__sector = (sector_t) -1;
+	rq->bio = rq->biotail = NULL;
 	return rq;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_alloc_request);
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index a85a14355efa..1523e05c46fc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ static int virtblk_get_id(struct gendisk *disk, char *id_str)
 	req = blk_get_request(q, READ, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
-	blk_rq_set_block_pc(req);
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV;
 
 	err = blk_rq_map_kern(q, req, id_str, VIRTIO_BLK_ID_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index cf4b75088876..9f0ec3b4659f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -222,10 +222,6 @@ struct request *nvme_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q,
 
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV;
 	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
-	req->__data_len = 0;
-	req->__sector = (sector_t) -1;
-	req->bio = req->biotail = NULL;
-
 	req->cmd = (unsigned char *)cmd;
 	req->cmd_len = sizeof(struct nvme_command);